THRS3203 - 01 - World Religions in Conflict + Dialogue

(RICT) RI Christian Tradition (RCT) RT Christian Tradition (DM) Diversity & Multiculturalism

World Religions in Conflict and Dialogue will address the crucial issue of interreligious relations from a variety of approaches. How do religions understand themselves? How do they interpret the religious other? Why do some religious leaders fear interaction with other religions, while other religious leaders embrace it? In order to address these questions, we will study disciplines such as interreligious dialogue (the practice of substantive conversation with a member of a different religion), theology of religions (how religions interpret another), and comparative theology (thinking across religious boundaries).